Occurence:
Brazil, U.S., Sri Lanka
(Ceylon), Myanmar (Burma), former USSR, Australia, Pakistan, Mexico, Tasmania,
Japan, Africa.
Appearence:
Topaz crystals grow in
the orthorhombic shape and are usually terminated at only one end. The
names "Sky blue topaz", "Swiss blue topaz", "London blue topaz" are trade
names which refer to the darkness of the gemstone, with "sky blue topaz"
being the lightest and "London blue topaz" being the darkest.
Something
Extra:
Previously Yellow was
the dominant color used in birthstone jewelry.
But many of the stones used by manufacturers in these inexpensive settings
were actually Citrine,
a Yellow variety of Quartz. Smoky Quartz was also called Smoky "Topaz"
by many unscrupulous
persons and unknowing jewelers in an attempt to create more sales in this
birth month.
The Egyptians said that
topaz was colored with the golden glow of the mighty sun god Ra. This
made topaz a very powerful
amulet that protected the faithful against harm. The Romans associated
topaz with Jupiter, who
also is the god of the sun. Topaz sometimes has the amber gold of fine
cognac or the blush of
a peach and all the beautiful warm browns and oranges inbetween. Some rare
and exceptional topaz
are pale pink to a sherry red.
The following
are different colour of Topaz:
- Blue
Topaz
- London
Blue Topaz
- Silver
Topaz
- Sky
Blue Topaz
- Swiss
Blue Topaz
- Impreial
Topaz
- Colourless
Topaz
- Yellow
Topaz (Precious Topaz)